| Name |
Views and Comments | Date |
| Finch |
The Soviet Union did NOT deploy the 45 Siberian divisions to Europe to fight the Germans, according to COL David Glantz's "When Titams Clashed". Some units may have moved but most stayed right where they were. |
6/14/2006 |
| Jon Parshall |
It's simply unacceptable for an author writing in 2002 to use the term "Jap" in any piece of historical literature. If Burleson was directly quoting a primary source that used the term, that's one thing. But that's not what's going on here. The term is racist and derogatory, and it detracts from the credibility of your site. -jon parshall-
Imperial Japanese Navy Homepage,
and author of forthcoming "Shattered Sword: The Japanese Story of the Battle of Midway." |
1/23/2005 |
| I. Vovchanchyn |
this is so silly. Neither deserves it, unless the poll is "most well-known fighter".
The Mustang had range and that's about it. Sure, it was great but there are plenty of planes that makes it look like a complete joke in a dogfight or ground support.
The Zero was great in 42...but c'mon, it's built of card-board and really only had manouverability and range beyond 42.
The greatest piston-engined fighter was the Ta-152H or Fw-190D(really depending if the 152 counts). We have others like the Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate, La-7, Yak-3, Re.2005 Sagittario, Vought F4U Corsair and Hawker Tempest that deserves mention.
and for yak38pilot: you would definetaly not have a Black Widow for nightfighting.....the greatest nightfighter was the He-219 Uhu, and that is as close as you can get to an undisputeable fact in this matter.
Sadly this is just another poll made for the uninformed. |
10/30/2003 |
| pennstate |
forgett all the other warbirds, Ta 152H is da best, fighter of the WWII, mor faster tan P51 |
8/15/2003 |
| yak38pilot |
me-262 or FW190? ha! i spit on your grave capitalist pigs! *spits for effect*....shall we forget the russian planes for the working class? *thumps chest...again for effect*.....the yak-9 was clearly one of the top planes of WWII as was the Lagg 5 and 7. for my money...gimme a spitfire for defending home turf, a mustang for long escort and a blackwidow for night fighter duty! but if i had to pick one plane....only one fighter.....the yak-9. too overlooked |
7/23/2003 |
| Steve Tisdale |
One could say that Stalin's foresight in making the USSR an industial nation prevented Germany and Japan from gaining the strength they would need to fight the USA. |
7/18/2003 |
| Steve Tisdale |
The USA had the strongest aviation industry as evidenced by such planes as the XP-72,P-51H,P-80 and B29.However Japan did make considerable progress by making planes like the Shinden,Kikka,Renzan,Reppu and Ki-83.Germany and the UK led the world into the jet age while the USSR did well considering that half of it's population lived in a war with about only 50% of the people supporting Stalin.In the future the USA and Japan will be the leading nations with China,India and Germany also being respectable nations.My favorite airplane is the Mitsubishi A6M2 model 21 Zero-sen. |
7/18/2003 |
| steve t. |
I could handle randy irving in a p-51h with a a6m5.one could put sean foreman in a f8f and he still wuold'nt threaten me.it is the pilot that makes a fighter aFIGHTER! |
7/17/2003 |
| steve tisdale |
I'm confident that I could handle any fighter in 1945 in a Mitsubishi A6M8 Zero.It's the pilot that makes a fighter a FIGHTER! |
7/17/2003 |
| Fool |
P-51!!! CADILLAC OF THE SKIES!!!!!! |
6/14/2003 |
| Heinrich |
Nay! Me262 by a decade. |
4/22/2003 |
| Pinto, Fausto |
What about Me 262 or FW 190? |
4/7/2003 |
| Goober |
P-51 Mustang, that is! |
3/28/2003 |
| Goober |
P-51... 'Cadillac of the Skies!' |
3/28/2003 |
